Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 60:15
Isaiah 60:15. Whereas thou hast been forsaken Both of God, as to outward appearance, and man; and hated Either slighted and neglected, or suffering actual miseries and slaughters; so that no man went through thee Thy streets were left desolate and thou wast in a manner depopulated. The state of the Christian Church, during the dark and persecuting ages of Popery, is here described, in language borrowed from Jerusalem lying in desolation. I will make thee an eternal excellency Being... read more
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 60:20
Thy sun shall no more go down - There shall be no total and long night of calamity, error, and sin. This is designed to describe the flourishing and glorious state of the church. It, of course, does not mean that there should be no times of calamity, no period of ignorance, no scenes of persecution; but it means that there should not be total night. Truth should reign on the earth, and there never would be a time when the light of salvation would be extinct. There never would be a time like... read more